Why is there sound at depth? Its unrealistically loud. for no reason. -VIDEO-

[Heinrich-Sever-Low]

Short Video


https://youtu.be/R9PQ9zUpbR4 (should have sound now)

Showing an unrealistic component of the game. That i think should be obvious to the developers. An iconic trait of submarining, Is the silence and darkness of the depths. If power is completely cut from the ship, gryocompass is off.. pump and vent are off. engine off. depth steers manual or turned off.. there should be almost DEAD silence. except for maybe some creaking metal on the boat from the water pressure. and maybe dripping from the bilge

[wolf310ii]

If you make a Video about the noise, maybe you should record the audio too.
the video is from the start dead silent.

[trenchgun92]

Video has no audio, but submarines are not dead silent even at full stop because of hull effects and crew noise (which cannot be truly eliminated), tests showed that things as simple as the engine telegraph or the periscope motor could be heard at several hundred yards.

[Heinrich-Sever-Low]

Originally posted by trenchgun92:

Video has no audio, but submarines are not dead silent even at full stop because of hull effects and crew noise (which cannot be truly eliminated), tests showed that things as simple as the engine telegraph or the periscope motor could be heard at several hundred yards.

ok i fixed it. it has sound now, no idea why... i just re-uploaded and it worked as it should have in the first place

[Heinrich-Sever-Low]

Originally posted by wolf310ii:

If you make a Video about the noise, maybe you should record the audio too.
the video is from the start dead silent.

fixed it. please watch the new video and see what i mean

[wolf310ii]

Thats not the noise of the u-boat, thats the noise of the ocean

[Cat Girl Taft 🝟]

the ocean is loud.

[Heinrich-Sever-Low]

Originally posted by wolf310ii:

Thats not the noise of the u-boat, thats the noise of the ocean

Originally posted by Snow:

the ocean is loud.

I dont believe that is realistic. its quiet down there. I know its not the uboat. What im saying is... it SOUNDS like an engine. and the ocean doesn't make that sound.

I've done commercial diving for work. cleaning the bottoms of boats. and im not very deep.

the ocean is not loud. it is very quiet

[Heinrich-Sever-Low]

Originally posted by Snow:

the ocean is loud.

Is this something you KNOW? or just a baseless assumption?

[The cursed Jäger]

Originally posted by King Tiger:

Originally posted by Snow:

the ocean is loud.

Is this something you KNOW? or just a baseless assumption?

The ocean is apparently very noisy down there. Both man-made and natural sounds can be heard.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0303/Why-is-the-deepest-part-of-the-ocean-so-noisy
https://kval.com/outdoors/survey-says-the-ocean-is-really-loud

This noise does not seem far fetched for me now. They went down kilometers and it is was still loud, we are closer to the surface, so we should have even more noise.

[Luckycharms]

"Merchant shipping is the greatest source of noise in the ocean (others are biologics, geologics, etc.). There are many, many ships in the ocean, especially in coastal waters. The level of noise in the water (referred to as ambient noise) also depends on depth. Shallower waters tend to be noisier, due to wind, wave, and shipping. Ambient noise in the ocean at low frequencies is approximately 70 dB, but can be as high as 90 dB in shipping lanes, or near port entrances."

"Basically, the background noise in a fairly quiet part of the ocean is comparable to the noise from a vacuum cleaner (70 dB). But the noise from a fairly modern nuclear submarine is approximately 110 dB at 1 meter from the hull (subtracting the 26 dB gives you an equivalent sound in air of a diesel truck passing by at 50 feet, or of a 45 mph train at 100 feet). So, in order for the transients such as dropping toilet seats, or playing cards, to be tactically significant, I believe they would have to be at least as loud as the other noises emanating from the submarine - and that is pretty darn loud."

source:
https://www.quora.com/Did-submarine-crews-really-have-to-be-quiet-during-silent-running-Could-it-really-make-a-difference-if-they-talked-normally

[Halogen]

Tell me you dont know how the ocean works without telling me you dont know how the ocean works